2026 Data Equity Summit

Event Date: October 16, 2026 (9AM)

Data, Trust, and the Nonprofit Sector How AI is changing programs, funding, and community trust, and what to do about it. Save the date for our in-person 2026 Data Equity Summit — a day of practical, cross-sector conversation on how AI, community data, and impact measurement are reshaping decisions that affect AAPI communities.

We’re bringing together ChangeInSight partners, nonprofit leaders, funders, researchers, and public officials to move past the hype and get into real questions: where AI can responsibly support community and nonprofit data work, and where privacy, bias, consent, and community trust require caution and human judgment. Sessions Data, Trust, and the Nonprofit Sector — How AI Is Changing Programs, Funding, and Community Trust A moderated panel on how AI is outpacing nonprofit policy, budgets, and governance — and what responsible use requires when real people and communities are behind the data.

Moderator: Thy Nguyen
Panelists: Theo Lim, Head of Finance, Synopsis; Gina Chen, Founder & Managing Attorney, One Ally; Julian Diaz, Impact Associate, Julian Grace Foundation; Scott McLellan, Executive Director, Julian Grace Foundation Asking Shapes

What We See — Cultural Humility, Disaggregation, and Better Community Data

A facilitated conversation on how culture, identity, relationships, and representation shape the information organizations receive — and what organizations can do differently. A survey question may look neutral on paper; the experience of answering it often is not.

Speaker: Liza Merrill, Executive Director, Asian Pacific Community in Action
Facilitator: David Li

Built in Chicago — Lessons on Trust, Community Data, and What Works in Practice

Longtime Chicago ChangeInSight partners close the day by sharing what they’ve learned about participation, relationships, cultural context, and the work required to gather meaningful community information. Before asking what AI can do with information, this session returns to a more fundamental question: what makes information worth trusting in the first place?

Moderator: David Li

Registration ChangeInSight Partners: Free
Non-Partners: $35 to help cover lunch and light refreshments.

Doors open at 8:30am. Full agenda coming soon. Attendance is open to all.

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